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CONTENTS; CHAPT~R PAGE; 1 The 13arony of Desmond I; n Owen Fitzgerald J2; HI Clara Desmond 32; IV The Countess 49; V The Fitzgetalds of Castle Richmond 66; VI The Kanturk Hotel, South Main Street,; Cork • 83; VII 'l'hc Famine Y car lOX; VIII Gortnacl()ugh and Berryhill 119; IX F:unily Councils • '40; X The Rector 'of Drumbarrow and his Vire 156; XI Second Love lio; XII Doubts · 193; XIII Mr Mollett returns to South Main Street 217; XIV The Rejected Suitor; XV Diplomacy; XVI The rath beneath the Elms •; XVII FalheT B&mey; XVIII The Relief Committee •; XIX The Friend of the :Family; XX T·o V it~CS5es; *"o'J8; · 256; • 273; · 296; 30 7; · 325; • 343 Contents; CHI"£~ "A(:~; XXI F ~jr Arguments · 368; XXII The Telling of the Talc · 37&; XXIII Defore Breakfast at Hap House · 394; XXIV After Breakfast at Hap House • · 413; XXV A Muddy Valk OD :l 'Vet Momin~ · 430; XXVI Comfortless · 445; XXVIL Comforted · 465; XXVIII For a' thAt ruld 3' that · 479;
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Castle Richmond is Trollope's romance in Ireland set against the backdrop of the Great Famine. You might wonder if the famine sequences get in the way of the main plot. I certainly thought so myself until I read a brilliantly written chapter two-thirds of the way through the book in which one of the heroes of the story encounters a starving mother and her children. In five paragraphs the book takes on a whole new prespective. Suddenly our hero (and ourselves) become aware that happiness is a relative thing, not something that should be dictated by those we love and how much are in our purses. What an enlightening concept! Anyone who thinks that Trollope is out-dated need only focus on what he is saying in Castle Richmond to see what a truly modern thinker he really was.
Castle Richmond's main plot is a look at two upper class families: the Desmonds and the Fitzgeralds. We follow them through their lives, watching as love is gained and love is lost. We get a complete glimpse into the morals of these people; people who really feel they are doing right no matter who is hurt. I was amazed that the melancholy scenes were almost better written then the happy ones. And there are very few writers of that age and ours that write better dialogue than he.
I hope readers who have read Trollope's more popular works will take the time to read this novel. Trollope obviously loved Ireland immensely, and he need not apologize for setting his story in that country. The land, the people, the circumstances are completely displayed for us to enjoy. It is a comfort to walk in his world, through the path between the elms, through the hilly countryside. I thought more then once that I would go there like a shot if it was offered to me. And that, I believe, is the true magic of Trollope's work.
THIS IS THE TALE OF 2 MEN IN LOVE WITH THE SAME WOMAN. THE FORTUNES OF THESE 2 MEN CONSTANTLY SHIFT THROUGHOUT THE STORY DUE TO A FAMILY INHERITANCE QUESTION - WHICH FORMS THE CENTRAL MYSTERY OF THE BOOK. AND AS THEIR FORTUNES CHANGE, THE MOTHER OF THE WOMAN WHOM BOTH LOVE, CONTINUES TO INTEFERE AND ATTEMPT TO SELL HER DAUGHTER'S HEART TO THE RICHEST BIDDER.
I'VE READ A LOT OF TROLLOPE, AND I WOULD RATE THIS ONE OF HIS FINEST. THE ONLY PART OF THE BOOK THAT I FOUND NOT THAT INTERESTING, WAS THE HISTORY PERTAINING TO THE GREAT IRISH FAMINE.NEVERTHELESS, IF YOU LIKE TROLLOPE, DO READ THIS ONE!
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